An Apple A Day: The 61st annual North Carolina Apple Festival

The 61st annual North Carolina Apple Festival cranks up over the Labor Day weekend, August 31 – September 3 in historic downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina. The orchards of Henderson County in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina produce more apples than any other county in the state, and don’t mind letting people know about it in the most delicious of terms!

Hendersonville blocks off its Main Street during the 4-day AppleFest, offering continuous live music, mountain arts and crafts, activities and lots of good apple foods. There are fresh-picked apples, one at a time or by the peck or bushel. Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty and Galas, or any of a variety of heirloom varieties grown in Henderson County. There will be apple fritters, apple pies, apple dumplings, apple butter, apple sauce and barrels of fresh-squeezed apple cider. Children’s and youth activities, special exhibits, open houses, and the spectacular King Apple Parade to start things off!

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